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This was at the Atlanta Omni (now known as Phillips Arena, I believe), at the height of Hardy Boys hysteria!

Went with my father and middle sister, Cindy. This was mainly her deal- with her best friend, Janet.

My dad was there to chaperone, I guess. Don't remember how or why I came to be in the mix.

I just remember the shrieking of an arena full of teenage girls...and that one of the highlights was right after the intermission, when Shaun burst through this giant, white paper circle at the rockin' start of 'Dah-Doo-Run-Run'!

This was for his first solo album post Pink Floyd, and I had no idea what it really was to see a Floyd show. Never seen anything like it before or since. The concept of the album follows a man's dreams, with the songs of each part of the dream happening in real time. The stage was made to look as though you were laying in the bed, with a TV playing in the corner of the room at the foot of the bed. It was totally 3-D. One super cool thing was how the landscape thru the bedroom windows gradually eased from stars to sunrise as the story progressed. I've put a little pic below that I found that shows you kind of what I am talking about. It was amazing...

In 1967 at the ripe ol' age of 15 I hitchhiked high on mescaline to the Monterey Pop Festival to see Big Brother and the Holding Company...fronted at the time by a funky little hippy chick from Texas...Ms. Janis Joplin. I am still seeing trails.....

My first concert was Willie Nelsons New Years Eve concert in Houston at what was then called the Summit, along with my Mom And Aunt... we had very good seats... alas he didnt sing 'Cowboys are frequently Secretly Fond of each other'

and a sweet double bill with Social Distortion and the Ramones in a concert hall that was once a grocery store ( anybody in Hou. remember The Unicorn ?)

I saw the second Lolapalooza ( put THAT in the Spellchecker, Peter) which was a real diddywhacker.one memorable act was 'The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow' which was just that.

One night a friend and I decided to diversify the concert experience and start the evening with a concert by a charming hardcore group called 'Dead Horse' and scoot down the street and catch Warren Zevon. ( warren was much better )

More recently, Ive seen U2 a couple of times which probablly would have been a spectacular concert if we hadnt been in the second to the back row in the top level of a sports arena.. really made me long for the Mosh Pit Days....but thats another story.

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"Fortunately, I Keep My T Cells Numbered For Just Such An Emergency" -Either Foghorn Leghorn or Johnny Cash

BTW, did I ever mention that I do a mean rendition of Piece of my heart when I'm drunk in a bar and it';s on the jukebox...I say mean because my singing is a bit cruel to hear, but hey I can really do sloppy drunk spectacle of myself like nobodies business!

Pink Floyd... Division Bell/Pulse Tour 1994!!! 33rd Row of the floor. High as a kite and trippin on shrooms! It was TRULY a religious experience for me!!!

I saw God that night and he said he is comfortably numb!

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LIFE is not a race to the grave with the intention of arriving safelyin a pretty and well-preserved body, but, rather to skid in broadside,thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming--WOW! WHAT ARIDE!!!

Oh man. I am so old.1970-the guess who-the first1971-the Byrds- the most psychedelic. great concert till the bass player tried to pick up my girlfriend. I guess it did get us back stage.1973- Lou Reed - the strangest1973-Led Zeppelin- the highest I have ever been at a concert1978-David Allan Coe-the second strangest2002-John Fogerty- The best concert of all times. He rocks at 60the worst of all times is any concert with Black Sabbath on the ticket. I think I have seen them 5 times.Oh, I forgot about the time we gave three members of the group Sha-na-na qualudes at the start of concert. The lead did two. He was slobbering allover us.

Oh, and I cried my freshman year in college when I couldn't use my tickets to the Thompson Twins concert because I had the flu, and my friend who went ended up backstage doing cocaine with the band members after the show! Devastating!

Wow, these sound like some great concerts. My first concert was Prince & the Revolution -The Purple Rain tour. The one I most enjoyed though was Dave Koz & Friends, that was such a fun concert. The one I recently went to was Blue Oyster Cult and FogHat. Talk about a smoke (pot) filled stadium! I had a blast! Don't remember much of the concert but I know I enjoyed it!

The "coolest" concert for me was Donna Summer with a full orchestra at Carnegie Hall... I know that's just SUPER gay but she really turned it out, plus it was a pricey AIDS benefit and I sat behind Sandra Bernhard.

My first concert? KC and the Sunshine Band back in 1977 or 1978.Heh... how gay is THAT?

Best concert I remember was Stevie Ray Vaughn with Double Trouble backin 1985.

Cheers,

Henry

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"Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you're going to burn in hell. The other is that sex is the most awful, filthy thing on earth and you should save it for someone you love." - Butch Hancock, Musician, The Flatlanders

First concert I think was Oasis. I've been to some amazing gigs in my time but the best one has to be Brian Wilson in london he did most of the pet sounds album it was unbelievably good i've never seen so many people crying as well!

Hard to imagine anyone will be able to out-gay Dachsund's concert.That is so gay it is almost beyond gay!

Cheers,

Henry

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"Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you're going to burn in hell. The other is that sex is the most awful, filthy thing on earth and you should save it for someone you love." - Butch Hancock, Musician, The Flatlanders

One of the coolest shows I went to was to see Le Tigre and Out Hud on the Bands Against Bush tour in 2003. I didn't care so much about the politics... but seeing Le Tigre... so much fun!

But definitely the best most recent show was Ladytron. They're adorable! Helena's all bouncy and interactive... which is the polar opposite of what I'd expect... they messed up the intros to one of their songs, and she says, "What? It's live, people! It's bloody live!" She was being funny about it and they just tried again and rocked out.

Love. Ladytron. Longtime.

I still like to torture my friends... "oh yeah... 'Seventeen' is soooo much better live!"

My first concert was the "Rolling Stones" when I was 15 in 1963...one of the concerts I really enjoyed was "Dr Hook" in 1979 in the Odeon in Edinburgh...but the best one I ever went to was a K.D. Lang concert, I saw her in Aussie in 1994...what a performer and what a voice.

God. I have been thinking about this since you posted it. I think the first concert I went to that was not proscribed by my parents was in New York City at some dreary theater...it was a Mothers of Invention concert. I think my favorite concert was Bette Midler....Oh my God ...does she do an incredible concert.

hehe...my first concert...well, um, it's a little embarrassing. ok, here goes. It was Neil Diamond. Went with my mom and several other people. I was about 12 or 13-ish.

Have seen MANY since that were MUCH better. Who blew me away? hmmm....Tina was friggin awesome. Was in the 4th row. Madonna - Confession was great too. Got the little "hi five on the go" as she was walking out the catwalk.

The KISS tour in 96 when they went back to make-up was cool. A fire (a real, unplanned one) was started in the scaffold, up high on the set right at the end of the last song in the main set. All the lights came on and everyone was pissed. Then some dude came on the P.A. system and informed that KISS would return, but a small fire had to be put out first. GOOD TIMES!!!

She's kind of crap now... but she mostly sang her stuff from the 70s, and that was a lot of fun.

I remember there were some rather scary looking lesbians who kept yelling, "Do some poetry!" In between each song. Patti Smith finally got sick of it and said, "Man... shut the f*** up" really dryly. My friends and I cheered.

She did an awesome cover of "When Doves Cry," and I almost made pee pee in my pantaloons.

I've been trying to remember what concert was my first and either it was too long ago, or I had too much fun, or whatever, but I can't remember. ~sigh~

I do recollect quite a few Grateful Dead concerts, a very stoned and incoherent Neil Young, Jethro Tull, The Talking Heads (I think), B.B. King with Ron Wood and Rick Danko in a small theater in upstate NY, Robert Jr. Lockwood (who recently died) in a small pub in Kent OH, Bob Dylan (with the Dead), Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and quite a few even hazier memories of loud music and stoned crowds.

The most memorable would be seeing Ray Davies and Robert Plant within a few days of each other in a small venue - but only because it happened about a year and a half ago.

Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. At least I had fun losing it! ... er.... from what I remember!

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts